The ITU Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Application and Research Center (ITU AI) is proud to announce the Google DeepMind AI Master's Scholarships for the Fall 2026–2027 academic term. These prestigious scholarships are available to students admitted to one of the eligible M.Sc. programs at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and planning to specialize in Artificial Intelligence. Priority will be given to female applicants and to candidates who are not currently employed.
This opportunity is part of Google DeepMind's international effort, administered by IIE, to support underrepresented talent in AI and provide students with access to world-class resources and academic development opportunities.
From 2026, international scholarships are offered and managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE). For more information, please visit the IIE website and FAQs: www.iie.org/programs/google-deepmind-ai-masters-scholarships/iie-faq
Eligibility Criteria
• International applicants are welcome.
• Candidates must be admitted to one of the following eligible M.Sc. programs at ITU for the Fall 2026–2027 term:
- Computer Engineering / Computer Science
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Control and Automation Engineering
- Game and Interaction Technologies
Note: For non-Computer Engineering/Computer Science programs, only applicants with an AI-focused track will be considered. Google DeepMind Scholars are expected to take at least four AI elective courses and conduct an AI-related thesis.
For more information on applying to ITU graduate programs, please visit: https://lee.itu.edu.tr/en/home
Selection Priority
Among eligible applicants, priority will be given to:
• Female candidates
• Candidates who are not currently employed
Scholarship Benefits
• Duration: Covers 4 semesters of the M.Sc. program
• Monthly stipend: 1,000 USD
• Academic travel grant (one-time): 2,400 USD
• Equipment grant (one-time): 2,000 USD
• Relocation allowance (one-time): 2,000 USD
Application Process:
• Applicants should send their application documents to info-ai@itu.edu.tr before the deadline.
• Required documents:
- CV and academic transcript of the applicant.
- A statement of purpose that details the candidate’s previous research experience in AI, along with the future research objectives for their graduate studies.
- Up to three reference letters.
• Applications with the missing documents will be ignored.
Application Timeline:
• Deadline for submitting applications to ITU AI: 24 July 2026, 17:00 (Istanbul Time).
• Interview with the Scholarship candidates who are admitted to the graduate programs: TBA
• Announcement of Results: TBA
Questions regarding the scholarship may be sent to info-ai@itu.edu.tr, and/or Prof. Dr. Sule Gunduz Oguducu - sgunduz@itu.edu.tr
About Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind is a world-leading AI research lab with British heritage and an international team, committed to building AI responsibly, delivering scientific breakthroughs, and creating products that improve billions of lives. The unit's breakthroughs over the last decade include AlphaGo – the first computer program to defeat a Go world champion, Transformers – neural networks that underpin all modern language models, AlphaFold – an AI system that predicts 3D models of protein structures enabling further scientific advancement, and Gemini, a family of versatile AI models built from the ground up for multimodality, seamlessly combining and understanding text, code, images, audio and video.
About the Google DeepMind AI Master's Scholarships
Universities use Google DeepMind scholarship funding, administered by IIE, to provide financial support to talented students with limited financial means to pursue postgraduate study and careers in AI and AI-adjacent fields. Scholars will receive:
• A scholarship to fully fund their postgraduate degree at a partner university (up to two years)
• Stipend to cover housing and living costs
• Stipend for travel and relocation costs to attend the partner university
• Access to AI-related academic conferences
Google DeepMind has given scholarship funding to universities since 2017 to help support their efforts to bring a wide range of experiences to the fields of AI and Computer Science. Since then, the program has expanded internationally, and has historically supported universities to reach scholars in many countries currently underrepresented in AI, including Bulgaria, Colombia, Greece, Poland, Romania, South Africa, and Turkey, as well as in the UK, US, Canada and France.
Frequently Asked Questions: www.iie.org/programs/google-deepmind-ai-masters-scholarships/iie-faq